Patents by Inventor Naoki TAKENO

Naoki TAKENO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9933246
    Abstract: There is provided an optical coherence tomography device provided with: an OCT optical system configured to output OCT signal; and an analysis processing unit configured to process the OCT signal and generate motion contrast data of the specimen. The analysis processing unit is provided with: a first image data generation unit configured to process multiple OCT signals to generate first image data representing phase difference information of the multiple OCT signals, and a second image data generation unit configured to process the OCT signal to generate second image data representing amplitude information of the OCT signal. The analysis processing unit generates the motion contrast data based on the phase difference information in the first image data and the amplitude information in the second image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Takeno, Masaaki Hanebuchi, Yasuhiro Furuuchi, Hajime Namiki
  • Patent number: 9795291
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography device includes: an OCT optical system configured to obtain a OCT signal; a front observation optical system configured to obtain a front image of the test substance; and a controller is configured to: control the OCT optical system to obtain first temporally different OCT signals with respect to the test substance; control the front observation optical system to obtain a first front image of the test substance at the time the first OCT signals are obtained; control the front observation optical system to obtain a second front image of the test substance after that; determine whether or not the plurality of first OCT signals are good based on a positional deviation between the first and second front images; and obtain motion contrast data of the test substance when it is determined that the plurality of first OCT signals are good.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Satake, Yukihiro Higuchi, Naoki Takeno
  • Patent number: 9687147
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography device includes an OCT optical system; a processor. The processor executes: an image generation processing of processing first OCT signals, and generating, based on the first OCT signals, a three-dimensional motion contrast image which is obtained by imaging a moving object in the scanning position; a Doppler shift detection processing of detecting Doppler shift in a scanning position specified on the three-dimensional motion contrast image, the plurality of second OCT signals being detected at timings different from the timings when the plurality of first OCT signals are detected; and a velocity obtaining processing of obtaining an absolute velocity of the moving object based on the Doppler shift detected by the Doppler shift detection processing and a three-dimensional structure of the test subject obtained from the three-dimensional motion contrast image generated by the image generation processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Furuuchi, Masaaki Hanebuchi, Masakazu Endo, Hajime Namiki, Naoki Takeno
  • Publication number: 20170112377
    Abstract: An ophthalmic analysis device for analyzing OCT motion contrast data including blood vessel information of a subject eye acquired by an ophthalmic OCT, includes: an analysis processing means configured to analyze the OCT motion contrast data to acquire a measurement result related to a capillary area of the subject eye, wherein the analysis processing means an alleviating process for alleviating the influence of great blood vessels having blood vessel diameters larger than those of capillaries on the measurement result to acquire the measurement result related to the capillary area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke SHIBA, Norimasa SATAKE, Tetsuya KANO, Yasuhiro FURUUCHI, Yuki KUNO, Ai TAKAYA, Naoki TAKENO, Yukihiro HIGUCHI, Hajime NAMIKI
  • Publication number: 20160367133
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography device includes: an OCT optical system configured to obtain a OCT signal; a front observation optical system configured to obtain a front image of the test substance; and a controller is configured to: control the OCT optical system to obtain first temporally different OCT signals with respect to the test substance; control the front observation optical system to obtain a first front image of the test substance at the time the first OCT signals are obtained; control the front observation optical system to obtain a second front image of the test substance after that; determine whether or not the plurality of first OCT signals are good based on a positional deviation between the first and second front images; and obtain motion contrast data of the test substance when it is determined that the plurality of first OCT signals are good.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa SATAKE, Yukihiro HIGUCHI, Naoki TAKENO
  • Publication number: 20160371836
    Abstract: An OCT signal processing apparatus includes: a OCT signal receiver configured to receive a plurality of OCT signals detected by an OCT device based on measurement light radiated to a test substance and reference light; a display; a controller configured to: processes the plurality of OCT signals received by the OCT signal receiver to obtain 3-dimensional motion contrast data; extract depth region data from the 3-dimensional motion contrast data, the depth region data representing motion contrast data in a depth region of a part of the test substance; and display, on the display, a confirmation screen including the motion contrast image based on the depth region data to confirm quality of 3-dimensional motion contrast data obtained by processing the plurality of OCT signals which are temporally different from each other in the same region of the test substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki KUNO, Ai TAKAYA, Naoki TAKENO
  • Publication number: 20160150954
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography device includes an OCT optical system; a processor. The processor executes: an image generation processing of processing first OCT signals, and generating, based on the first OCT signals, a three-dimensional motion contrast image which is obtained by imaging a moving object in the scanning position; a Doppler shift detection processing of detecting Doppler shift in a scanning position specified on the three-dimensional motion contrast image, the plurality of second OCT signals being detected at timings different from the timings when the plurality of first OCT signals are detected; and a velocity obtaining processing of obtaining an absolute velocity of the moving object based on the Doppler shift detected by the Doppler shift detection processing and a three-dimensional structure of the test subject obtained from the three-dimensional motion contrast image generated by the image generation processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro FURUUCHI, Masaaki HANEBUCHI, Masakazu ENDO, Hajime NAMIKI, Naoki TAKENO
  • Publication number: 20150374227
    Abstract: An optical coherence tomography apparatus includes an OCT optical system configured to detect an OCT signal based on measurement light scanned on scan positions of a subject including a blood vessel network by a scanning unit and reference light. The optical coherence tomography apparatus is configured to execute: a signal processing instruction of processing OCT signals which are temporally different from each other with respect to a same position on the subject and generating a motion contrast image which images distribution of a moving object in a depth direction at each of the scan positions based on the OCT signals; and a detecting instruction of analyzing a profile in the depth direction of the motion contrast image generated by the signal processing unit and detecting a change resulting from the blood vessel to detect the blood vessel network included in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki TAKENO, Yasuhiro FURUUCHI, Hajime NAMIKI
  • Publication number: 20150374228
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical coherence tomography (OCT) including: an OCT device, an OCT calculation method, and an OCT calculation program, enabling correlation between images to be easily performed; more specifically it relates to a case where a functional OCT image such as a motion contrast is acquired by using the OCT; acquiring the functional OCT image through a calculation process of an OCT signal is a time-consuming process, for this reason, a long time elapses until the point that a functional OCT image can be observed after OCT imaging is completed, and thus this causes stress to a subject and an examiner; the present disclosure provides an OCT device, an OCT calculation method, and an OCT calculation program, enabling a functional OCT image to be rapidly acquired and enables an examiner to easily perform diagnosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa SATAKE, Yukihiro HIGUCHI, Yuji MURASE, Yasuhiro FURUUCHI, Hajime NAMIKI, Naoki ISOGAI, Masaaki HANEBUCHI, Naoki TAKENO
  • Publication number: 20150168127
    Abstract: There is provided an optical coherence tomography device provided with: an OCT optical system configured to output OCT signal; and an analysis processing unit configured to process the OCT signal and generate motion contrast data of the specimen. The analysis processing unit is provided with: a first image data generation unit configured to process multiple OCT signals to generate first image data representing phase difference information of the multiple OCT signals, and a second image data generation unit configured to process the OCT signal to generate second image data representing amplitude information of the OCT signal. The analysis processing unit generates the motion contrast data based on the phase difference information in the first image data and the amplitude information in the second image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki TAKENO, Masaaki HANEBUCHI, Yasuhiro FURUUCHI, Hajime NAMIKI